Apply for the AIA/ALA Library Building Awards
The ALA/AIA Library Building Awards are co-sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The annual competition recognizes excellence in the architectural design and planning of libraries. Awards for distinguished accomplishment in library architecture by an architect licensed in the United States will be made for any library in the United States or abroad. The program is managed by the Core Library Buildings Awards Committee.
The application form opens in mid-November each year and closes in mid-January the following year.
View information and the roster for the Awards for Buildings and Interiors Subcommittee.
Sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Past Winners
2023
- News release
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- Atherton Library, Atherton, CA | WRNS Studio
- Louisville Free Public Library Northeast Regional Library, Louisville, KY | MSR Design and JRA Architects
- Missoula Public Library New Main Library, Missoula, MT | MSR Design and A&E Design
- Student Success District, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | The Miller Hull Partnership LLP and Poster Mirto McDonald
- Woburn Public Library, Woburn, MA | CBT
2022
- News release
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- Adams Street Library, Brooklyn, NY | Work Architecture Company (WORKac)
- Asante Library, Surprise, AZ | Richärd Kennedy Architects
- Cruzen-Murray Library, Caldwell, ID | Richärd Kennedy Architects
- Indian Creek Library, Olathe, KS | Gould Evans
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C. | OTJ Architects (Executive Architect), Mecanoo (Design Architect)
2021
- News release
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- Arizona State Library Hayden Library Reinvention, Tempe, Arizona | Ayers Saint Gross
- Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library Renovation, Boston | Utile, Inc.
- Sunset Park Library, Brooklyn, New York | Leroy Street Studio Architecture
- Taylor Street Apartments and Little Italy Branch Library, Chicago | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
- Valente Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts | William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.